I'm working on a project where it's very often necessary to change the user's location, of course I included all the necessary data to simulate the location from the very beginning of the project. Today Xcode does not pretend to be a custom location, I decided to try to simulate one of the standard locations (for example San Francisco), but when I launch the application on a real device, my real location is displayed on the real device. I tried to run the application on the simulator, but got the same result. I did a clean project, rebooted the real device (iPhone 7), rebooted Xcode but it did not give results. I read a few topics, but they all relate to the fact that the developers did not include the simulation of the location in the scheme. How can I fix this problem? Thank you.
Update: I've updated Xcode, now I'm using Version 9.1 (9B55), but this did not fix this bug. Sometimes (once a week approximately), Xcode refuses to simulate even standard locations from the list (for example San Francisco). Although the menu above the consoles shows that the location simulates.
Info.plist contains
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>Turn On Location Services to allow App to show you Events near you.</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>Turn On Location Services to allow App to show you Events near you.</string>
<key>NSLocationUsageDescription</key>
<string>Turn On Location Services to allow App to show you Events near you.</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>Turn On Location Services to allow App to show you Events near you.</string>
Update 1: Xcode does not simulate the location only on a real device (iPhone 7), two weeks ago there was no such problem. When I call CLLocationManager to show an alert, this alert on the real device is not shown at all. I repeat, this problem does not always repeat, this can happen once a week, but no methods help to restore this possibility to a working state.
I got the same problem and here's my work around.
You know the Location Services is not working when you don't see the arrow on status bar when you request location. So just turn Location Services off and on again. I guess this is a bug.
Go to Phone Settings > Location Services... then turn it off and on.
Xcode > Debug > Location Simulation
Simulator > Debug > Location > Custom Location (this will take what you set from step 2.)
You should see the arrow on status bar when you request location. If not... try the steps again.
First of everything ... Warning! , read this (from apple):
You are required to include the NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription and NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUsageDescription keys in your app's Info.plist file. (If your app supports iOS 10 and earlier, the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription key is also required.) If those keys are not present, authorization requests fail immediately.
Anyway, i just suggest make a simple test.
Make sure that you set Allow Location Simulation on the Run Scheme for your Debug Build Configuration on your target-
Run your App, switch to the Map app on simulator (is is the rfirst time you use, make sure you accept allow location dialog). -
Change the location on the location icon on Xcode (see below), and check that the map move to that location-
If everything is ok, the map app must show selected location
If your app is not able to follow same behaviour, maybe you are missing something. Further reading:
About Location Services and Maps
CoreLocation Framework Reference
Cheers.
In IOS simulator one can set the simulate location among the Apple pre-defined locations or add GPX file to Workspace to get all the countries(with lat and long).
If we set the location while the simulator starts and change the location at runtime will it affect the simulator or not?? or is there a way to change simulator's location at runtime so that location manager can handle the changes being made?
i'm using CLLocationManager's significantLocationChangeMonitoringAvailable method to track country change but simulator doesn't recognizing the change action being made.
Edit : Environment - Xcode 7.0.1 , ios9
I am using core location and map kit to grab users current location and pin point it on a map. I added both the required keys in info.plist file(as I have iOS 8 SDK and Xcode 6) and used CLLocationManagerDelegate with the necessary code to display my latitude & longitude and also to pinpoint my location on map.
Although when I run the application I am seeing apple Cupertino as my current location. I checked settings like DEBUG>Location but that is not what I want. I don't want to simulate location using GPX file, all I want to do is see my current location on Simulator. I also used the sample project Locate me from here on which I can see the same results i.e my location is showed as Cupertino. Can any one please help?
I had the same issue you have so I've just implemented a simple Mac OS App to set the iOS Simulator's location to you Mac's location.
The way it works is I use a CLLocationManager to get your Mac's location and then use the following AppleScript to set this location in the simulator:
tell application "iOS Simulator"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iOS Simulator
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "Debug"
tell menu "Debug"
tell menu item "Location"
click
tell menu "Location"
click menu item "Custom Location…"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell window 1
set value of text field 1 to latitude
set value of text field 2 to longitude
click button "OK"
end tell
end tell
end tell
The script above came from this SO answer but was slightly updated to work with the new iOS Simulator.
I hope it helps you, feel free to fork and collaborate.
So I'm working on a location-based iPhone app. I'm mainly testing on the iOS simulator, and as such using the Core Location Simulation. All good - I can pretend to be in New York or San Francisco or wherever.
Then I move to testing my app on my iPhone, with that checkbox still enabled. I go for a walk (in, like, the actual real world), pull out Google Maps, and realise that my actual, not-simulator iPhone is using a simulated location. In this instance my iPhone is stuck thinking that it's in London (where I live), but right central in Picadilly Circus, not where I am.
I get home, open up Xcode, and to make sure I've nailed down the cause (rather than just a weird GPS bug etc), change the 'default location' to Johannesburg. Unplug my phone, open Google Maps (and Foursquare, to be sure), same deal. Stuck in Johannesburg.
So it's definitely this panel here that's borked my phone, but I can't figure out how to reset it.
Things I've tried that don't seem to work:
changing 'default location' to 'none' & rerunning
disabling 'allow location simulation' & rerunning
So it seems once you've given your iPhone an arbitrary location to pretend to be in, just disabling that doesn't fix it.
Any ideas? I'm going travelling in a few days and really need my GPS to work!
While you have your device connected to the debugger there is a little button at the top of the debug panel. Right here:
Click on that and you can select 'don't simulate location', exit the app, and I think you'll be good to go.
I'm a little foggy too on how that relates to the location defined in the scheme and the location set in the simulator. I usually find it easier to set a location in the simulator itself rather than in the scheme (at least when testing in the simulator is possible) to avoid issues like this. In the simulator if you enter a location under 'Debug > Location > Custom Location...' while the simulator is on the springboard the location will persist between launches of the app and the simulator.
This has happened to me before, it was very strange and mysterious!
I don't remember how I fixed it, but: have you tried Reset Location & Privacy in the Settings app? If all else fails, I suspect Reset All Settings would maybe work.
As I try to remember, I think maybe hard rebooting the phone might also work (just turn it off, turn it back on).
just Reset Location & Privacy . turnoff location service . restart your phone .. turn on location service . try using google maps .. it work for me ..
The important step is the hard reset after resetting location settings. Not sure if you need to do anything in Xcode, but it is a good idea to select 'Don't simulate location'
Go back to Xcode (or whatever coding software you are using) and rerun the application, then select don't simulate location.
Goto Settings>Privacy>Location Services. Turn-Off Location Services. Restart the phone. Open Google maps. A popup will come to enable location service, click on the options given that will take you directly to Settings. If popup didn't appear in Google Maps, click on Mylocation button at the bottom. Enable Location services and get back to Google Maps. It re-enabled the real Location for me.
Go to Edit Scheme..., then select Run in left panel. In options, set Default Location under Core Location to None.
As suggested in this comment if you don't have Xcode handy, you can just power cycle the iPhone and this seems to be sufficient. You don't need to reset any settings. This worked this morning for my iPhone anyway, recalling it from a winter sojourn of Berlin.
I have a location based app that provides information for a driving trip in real time. I would like to test that app in device. How can I mock an entire trip without actually driving. I see a solution exists for Android through mock location apps, is there anything similar for iPhone as well? I would appreciate any pointer. Thanks for your help.
Yeah you can create a GPX file and load it in XCode.
When you start debugging an app in xcode on the bottom where the debugging logging is there is the breakpoint |> and || and there you will see a location icon (see image, black icon all the way to the right). Click that and it will give you option to add GPX file. Generate a GPX file of the route you want and when you load it the phone / simulator will automatically go through those points